Oregon county websites: usability rankings

Name: Project ScanGov Oregon county websites: usability rankings
Creator: ScanGov
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 36 Oregon county government websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

Sites: 36
Last scan: 9/20/2026

Showing Oregon county sites. All U.S. county sites

F 47

Average usability score of 31 fully scanned Oregon county sites

15th

of 48 states, ranked by average usability score

31 of 36

Sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 5, so they're listed without grades

F 49

U.S. county average usability score, 2435 fully scanned sites

Oregon's state site, oregon.gov, ranks 14th of 51 state sites with a B. State rankings.

How Oregon county usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 31 fully scanned Oregon county sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

Oregon average
U.S. county average

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How Oregon county usability scores are distributed
Score range	Sites
0 to 9	0
10 to 19	0
20 to 29	5
30 to 39	7
40 to 49	7
50 to 59	5
60 to 69	1
70 to 79	6
80 to 89	0
90 to 100	0

Oregon counties by usability grade, compared with all U.S. counties

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Oregon: 31 sites. U.S.: 2435 sites.

OregonB to C (70 to 89): 19% (6 sites)D to F (below 70): 81% (25 sites)
All U.S. countiesA (90 to 100): 1% (24 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 18% (436 sites)D to F (below 70): 81% (1,975 sites)

A (90 to 100)
B to C (70 to 89)
D to F (below 70)

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Oregon counties by usability grade, compared with all U.S. counties
Group	A (90 to 100)	B to C (70 to 89)	D to F (below 70)
Oregon	0% (0)	19% (6)	81% (25)
All U.S. counties	1% (24)	18% (436)	81% (1,975)

Top 3 Oregon county sites by usability score

#1 in Oregon · U.S. rank 8

Union County, OR

C 76 usability

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security A
Usability C

#1 in Oregon · U.S. rank 8

Wheeler County, OR

C 76 usability

Accessibility A
Botability B
Security B
Usability C

#2 in Oregon · U.S. rank 10

Benton County, OR

C 70 usability

Accessibility C
Botability B
Security A
Usability C

Most common usability failures among Oregon county sites

Share of the 31 fully scanned Oregon county sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to its standard and how to fix it.

Open Graph image alt100% (31 of 31 sites)
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)84% (26 of 31 sites)
Open Graph description81% (25 of 31 sites)
Open Graph URL77% (24 of 31 sites)
Page description74% (23 of 31 sites)

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Most common usability failures among Oregon county sites
Check	Share failing	Sites failing
Open Graph image alt	100%	31
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)	84%	26
Open Graph description	81%	25
Open Graph URL	77%	24
Page description	74%	23

What each check means

Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
Open Graph URL. The page has a canonical URL for social media sharing. Shared links may point to wrong page.
Page description. The page has a meta description that summarizes its content for search results. Search results do not show what your page does.

All Oregon county sites by usability score

Oregon county sites ranked by usability score
Rank	Site	Checks passed	Grade
1	unioncountyor.gov Union County, OR U.S. rank 8	13 of 17 checks pass	C
1	wheelercountyoregon.com Wheeler County, OR U.S. rank 8	13 of 17 checks pass	C
2	bentoncountyor.gov Benton County, OR U.S. rank 10	12 of 17 checks pass	C
2	co.coos.or.us Coos County, OR U.S. rank 10	12 of 17 checks pass	C
2	jacksoncountyor.gov Jackson County, OR U.S. rank 10	12 of 17 checks pass	C
2	multco.us Multnomah County, OR U.S. rank 10	12 of 17 checks pass	C
3	linncountyor.gov Linn County, OR U.S. rank 13	10 of 16 checks pass	D
4	tillamookcounty.gov Tillamook County, OR U.S. rank 14	10 of 17 checks pass	F
4	wascocountyor.gov Wasco County, OR U.S. rank 14	10 of 17 checks pass	F
4	washingtoncountyor.gov Washington County, OR U.S. rank 14	10 of 17 checks pass	F
5	currycountyor.gov Curry County, OR U.S. rank 16	9 of 17 checks pass	F
5	gilliamcountyor.gov Gilliam County, OR U.S. rank 16	9 of 17 checks pass	F
6	morrowcountyor.gov Morrow County, OR U.S. rank 18	8 of 17 checks pass	F
6	shermancountyor.gov Sherman County, OR U.S. rank 18	8 of 17 checks pass	F
7	clackamas.us Clackamas County, OR U.S. rank 20	7 of 17 checks pass	F
7	deschutescounty.gov Deschutes County, OR U.S. rank 20	7 of 17 checks pass	F
7	lanecountyor.gov Lane County, OR U.S. rank 20	7 of 17 checks pass	F
7	co.umatilla.or.us Umatilla County, OR U.S. rank 20	7 of 17 checks pass	F
7	co.wallowa.or.us Wallowa County, OR U.S. rank 20	7 of 17 checks pass	F
8	polkcountyor.gov Polk County, OR U.S. rank 21	6 of 16 checks pass	F
9	clatsopcounty.gov Clatsop County, OR U.S. rank 22	6 of 17 checks pass	F
9	columbiacountyor.gov Columbia County, OR U.S. rank 22	6 of 17 checks pass	F
9	klamathcounty.org Klamath County, OR U.S. rank 22	6 of 17 checks pass	F
10	bakercountyor.gov Baker County, OR U.S. rank 23	5 of 16 checks pass	F
10	douglascountyor.gov Douglas County, OR U.S. rank 23	5 of 16 checks pass	F
10	yamhillcounty.gov Yamhill County, OR U.S. rank 23	5 of 16 checks pass	F
11	crookcountyor.gov Crook County, OR U.S. rank 24	5 of 17 checks pass	F
11	grantcountyoregon.net Grant County, OR U.S. rank 24	5 of 17 checks pass	F
11	co.lincoln.or.us Lincoln County, OR U.S. rank 24	5 of 17 checks pass	F
11	malheurco.org Malheur County, OR U.S. rank 24	5 of 17 checks pass	F
11	co.marion.or.us Marion County, OR U.S. rank 24	5 of 17 checks pass	F
	harneycountyor.gov Harney County, OR	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	hoodrivercounty.gov Hood River County, OR	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-
	jeffco.net Jefferson County, OR	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995	-
	josephinecounty.gov Josephine County, OR	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-
	lakecountyor.org Lake County, OR	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-

Rank · Status · Grade

About usability

Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.

Why it's important

Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.

Risks

Users cannot understand your information.

Guidance

What we use to grade usability:

Standards

Grades/scores

Usability grades/scores on Project ScanGov

ScanGov

How ScanGov supports usability

About this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each county government site on our county list in Oregon. Scores come from the checks listed on standards.scangov.org. Sites were scanned between 7/19/2026 and 9/18/2026; each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage returned successfully and sent the scanner its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We weren't able to fully scan 5 sites because they did not respond, blocked the scanner, or returned no page content. They appear in the table without grades, each with its scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale, and rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, including every county's raw results, is published in the ScanGov data repository.